Here are a couple of tips that have helped me. Pour plain bottled water over the tombstone lettering. This works particularly well on those brighter, white stones and sometimes helps with the older, darkened ones too. I always take a "dry" picture first, before I wet the stone down to take a "wet" one. A SOFT brush can also help improve contrast by gently removing buitl-up debris, especially in the crevices of the lettering. Do this BEFORE using water. While night pictures might well work, I have to agree with Wayne on night trips to cemeteries - sounds a bit too much like Blair Witch Project, Halloween and snipe-hunting all rolled into one to me! "R. Wayne McGahuey" <[email protected]> wrote: I'm going to make a page on the website on tips for cemetery research. Taking photos, note taking and other subjects. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site

Hello I find that working and taking photos on an overcast day works well also. There is enough light to take a good photo but no shadows or glares to deal with. Kinda like taking them at night!! I also carry a "stone bag" as my son calls it. I have in there a pack of Carcoal crayons, a book of plain tracing paper, a note book and a few maps. I have used on one occation a carcoal crayon over a almost invisable stone and slightly wet it and rubbed my hand across it and wala the name appears. That takes a good photo also. Dan Genie wrote: > > Here are a couple of tips that have helped me. Pour plain bottled water over the tombstone lettering. This works particularly well on those brighter, white stones and sometimes helps with the older, darkened ones too. I always take a "dry" picture first, before I wet the stone down to take a "wet" one. > A SOFT brush can also help improve contrast by gently removing buitl-up debris, especially in the crevices of the lettering. Do this BEFORE using water. > While night pictures might well work, I have to agree with Wayne on night trips to cemeteries - sounds a bit too much like Blair Witch Project, Halloween and snipe-hunting all rolled into one to me! > > "R. Wayne McGahuey" <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm going to make a page on the website on tips for cemetery > research. Taking photos, note taking and other subjects. > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site -- *****************Thank you for reading this email****************** Please visit my genealogy site for all of my family members descendants and ancestors alike. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~geyerseybold/ Geyer family genealogy sites are a part of Roots Excavation inc. Roots Excavation inc. is pleased to bring you - [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] -email forums that allows you to connect farther. - Thanks Yours, Daniel Geyer Esq.